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"word": "overdenken"
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
"word": "ponderar"
},
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
"word": "parar mentes"
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
"word": "íhuga"
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
"word": "ponderare"
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
"word": "expendō"
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
"word": "meòraich"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to consider carefully",
"word": "cnuasaich"
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
"word": "ponderar"
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
"word": "fundera"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to consider carefully",
"word": "grubbla"
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